Duck Pond

Discrete Mathematics Level 2

Two people stand around a circular duck pond which has radius \(R\) meters. They are placed randomly (uniformly along the circumference of the duck pond) and independently.

What is the probability that they are more than \(R\) meters apart from each other?

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